History & Politics
Europe's Rouge et Noir
From Vane's Story, Weddah and Om-el-Bonain, and Other Poems (1881)
History & Politics
There has been a slight run on the black, we know ;
But those who have thereby won,
Lost very much more not long ago,
And, their desperate martingales clearly show,
Will lose all before they've done.
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Codex Note
Headed "(After Mentana.)".
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James Thomson (B.V.). “Europe's Rouge et Noir.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/thomson_bv/22/.
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James Thomson (B.V.). “Europe's Rouge et Noir.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/thomson_bv/22/.
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